Grading Slog2 in under 10 minutes in Davinci Resolve using color management. Consider becoming a patron! / tonydae Join us on Discord! / discord Music credit: Bensound.com #slog2 #sony #colorgrading
If your footage is not being transformed correctly, check the input color space/gamma on your clips and make sure they are correctly selected. 1:23 shows one method for adjusting clip color space and gamma. You can do the same by right clicking the media source and performing the same operation. Selecting separate color space and gamma tick box in color management enables you to select separate color space and gamma for each clip.
This is the best workflow that I have found and I now understand the process much better, so many flashy videos out there that don't get to the point. This should be at the top of the search.
I've seen a bunch of overly-complicated tutorials on S-Log2. They all conflict with each other too. But finally, something that makes sense and is super easy - Thanks!
Wow!! That’s the easiest and least complicated but well thought out workflow for grading Sony slog2. Thank you so much for this. Subbed, liked and belled. 😊
whats the workflow if i d like to color correct via colorchecker passport tool (match)? if input slog2, shall i keep the out put color space to rec709 and use that one in colorchecker input aswell? or shall i just leave the input=output slog2, and then choose slog as input - rec709 output in colorchecker tool ? hope someone can help in that case
What's the advantage of this method to using utility luts in the node tree? Am I right that your described workflow only works when every footage used is shot in the exact color space and gamma that was set in the project settings beforehand and adding clips from different cameras and logs will require the Utility Lut workflow?
You can select different color space or gamma for each individual clip if you are using different color space/gamma. This can be done in several ways but the pinned comment on this video comment section points out where in this video you can see how to do this. Essentially Highlight and right click the clip thumbnails in color tab and select proper color space and gamma. You can also do this in media tab.
To answer the question about the advantage of this over luts, luts aren't color managed and truncate data and also are generated from a single camera generally requiring specific luts for specific cameras for specific outputs. Color management is mathematical transformations that allow you to output to multiple color spaces without utilizing different luts that may not exist and you can output to archival color spaces without needing to buy luts. There's more to it than they but you can find many videos on youtube that explain this in greater detail.
@Petru B. Output to gamma 2.2, 2.4, or HDR for different projects, depending on the target display, is normal. As far as during a project, that should not change since the output gamma should be for the display you are grading with. Trimming would be done as part of a standard workflow for the alternative outputs.
what do you mean when you say : " this shot is not really shot for teal and oranga?.....what am I supposed to do on set to get teal and orange? ...and what other grade are out there?....thansk
Teal and Orange generally asks to be shot with mostly neutral colors and specific contrast values in order to make it work best. Backgrounds with orange highlights (lamps, etc.) look good as well when contrasted with a neutral background once you introduce the teal effect. Faces should be shot brighter than the backgrounds and wardrobe... this way the midtones to around 70% are generally going to be skin, which will push orange when contrasted against the teal you introduce to shadows and everything under the skin tones. If you do not shoot this way, the look can appear forced and you will have to do keying and other tricks when you should not have to. Imagine a shot where the character is wearing a red, orange, yellow or even white shirt... the orange from the skin won't have the color contrast you want to make the look really work. Black leather or dark gray or black suits and a gray background look so good with teal and orange because the color contrast really makes the face pop. To sum up, the T&O look tends to look best when you've got a lot of neutrals and skin isn't exposed at the same level as the neutrals.
Honestly you should do whatever works best for the image. There are many ways you can go about finishing a shot so whatever looks best to you should be what you do with it. I don't think red as the primary color works particularly well for a teal and orange look, but do whatever it is you want to make it look the way you want.
@@TonyDae great, another problem I have is when i export the video from Davinci the colors look washed out and less contrast ,I have already seen many tutorials on RU-vid that explain how to solve it but none of them works, What do you recommend?
@@felibertolorenzo2759 If you are working on a modern Mac computer, the color space of the monitor is not going to be rec709. Its in P3 with a different gamma. An external monitor that can be properly calibrated to rec709 is preferred. If you are trying to view in Quicktime, it generally has trouble playing back the correct color/gamma. Use VLC. Still wrong? Check your gamma/color space tags and set both to rec709. Upload to something like youtube or Vimeo and then go watch it on your television or a properly calibrated rec709 monitor. The last person I tried to help with this was using a Mac and it only looked right on non-Mac products.
@@TonyDae Well I know you can generally customize them, but I cant find the rename node function in the keyboard shortcuts in order to assign a combination to it.
